According to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE), turnover in the industrial sector grew by 0.5% in the month of April compared to March, in seasonally and calendar-adjusted figures. By economic destination of the goods, sales of Non-durable consumer goods rose by 3.3%, those of Capital goods by 2.2% and those of Durable consumer goods by 1.2%. On the other hand, Energy sales fell by 0.6% and Intermediate goods by 0.3%.
In the year-on-year rate, industrial sector sales, adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects, rose by 1.3% in April. In the original series, without seasonal adjustments, turnover in the industrial sector increased by 14.2%, mainly due to the effect of Easter, which fell in different months in 2024 and 2023.
At the same time, turnover in the services sector, in seasonally and calendar-adjusted data, rose by 2.5% in April compared with March.
On a year-on-year basis, services sector sales, adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects, rose by 3.0% in April. In the original series, without adjustments, this variation was 8.8%.
